From transaction structuring, to compliance review, to business formation, Zhong Lun Law Firm is equipped to advise financial institutions, big data companies, and large internet players with a range of mandates related to fintech and financial innovations. The team's expertise encompasses data breaches, loan facilitation, cloud computing and data compliance investigations – with the team able to advise both on compliance with Chinese regulation and international policy such as GDPR. A trio of partners heads up the team: Scott Yu and Zhisong He jointly head the financial services practice, while Jeffrey Liu leads the financial innovation & fintech industry groups. Liu assists clients such as government departments and multinational corporations with issues such as cybersecurity and data protection. Jihong Chen is a key contact for data infrastructure matters, while Roy Zheng is well-placed to advise private equity and venture capital funds on investments in the fintech sector.

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Key clients

  • Baring Private Equity Asia
  • Farfetch
  • L’Occitane
  • Royal Caribbean International
  • Clarks
  • Baihang Credit
  • China Construction Bank Fintech
  • Ant Group
  • Tenpay
  • Du Xiaoman Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
  • Mastercard
  • the Credit Card Centre of China CITIC Bank
  • China Merchant Bank (CMB)
  • IM Motors
  • Noah Holdings Private Wealth and Asset Management Limited

Work highlights

  • Advised Baihang on conducting compliance work, focusing on balancing the financial risk control objectives with the protection of personal rights and interests in relevant personal information processing activities.
  • Advised China Construction Bank Fintech on the compliance rectification for the launch of fintech products, as well as the establishment of a comprehensive data compliance system.
  • Advised Ant Group on conducting systematic data source review work by formulating data procurement compliance review tools, summarizing the review experience and key points of data procurement.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Zhisong He, Scott Yu, Jeffrey Liu

Other key lawyers

Jihong Chen, Roy Zheng